Great interview. I am a New Orleanian, and learned about her because of her history as a headliner on Bourbon Street. Her personality is charming, thank you for posting this.
Wicked video Ian, love that stacking technique, still need to try it out. I really liked the shots with the rocks and reminded me of the corner portraits you do with 2 x-drop backgrounds.
My little boy is really into aviation lately. He’s been watching some airline disaster series on his ipad. It’s very strange bc this six yr old will be like “oh, do you know about the Tenerife Disaster? Do you know about TWA flight 800?” Yeah, buddy, I was a kid when that happened. He’s really into 747s. It’s very strange bc he’ll watch 747 crashes and then he’ll watch content about 747s and I guess I should be happy that he is not fearful of planes. He seems to have a great grasp of the fact that plane crashes are incredibly rare. Anyway, TWA 800 made me think of Sully bc in my life, there were 3 major NY plane events that I remember. 9/11, TWA 800, and Sully. So, I was like “hey, have you ever heard of the Miracle on the Hudson?” We started watching an older documentary and he did not believe me. I was like “no, you don’t understand, EVERYONE SURVIVED.” He was just blown away. I think we all were. It was such a surreal scene - all those people on the wing. Shoutout to this guy though. Air traffic controllers literally have such a tough job and they literally keep us all safe!
no flippin way. I was watching this thing and at 5:16 I looked at my watch and it was 12:50AM and the clock on the stove was the same time! What just happened! It's the matrix
This guy did everything he could and he shouldn't feel guilty at all, whether if the US Airways flight 1549 made it or not. Thank goodness the flight did make it.
So this is what became of Ricki Covette. As a macrophile I'm naturally interested in quite tall models and show business women. Thank you for this interview. And what she says here is an important reminder to me to treat a tall gal as special without making her feel like a freak.
You did everything right. The pilots did everything right. The First Responders and other rescuers did everything right. This was the perfect convergence of the right people in the right jobs doing exactly what they should have been doing down to the wire. And as a result, 155 people and their families remained united after Jan 15, 2009.
My hubby was a air traffic controller while in the Marine Corps. This was an amazing glorious wonderful moment in American and world history! So thankful that you were in the tower! Praise be JESUS CHRIST that this was and is a miracle!!!!
There are perfectly good reasons why Sully was the face of that miracle. But it's equally clear that countless things clicked that day, some from luck, a great deal from training. Like all the crew, Harten played a crucial role. Hats off to one of the many heroes of that day!
I’ve wondered about who the real ATC was on that flight! He’s a genuine guy with a heart of gold & actually cares about people whether he knows them or not! He’s also very very good at his job! Need more folks like this in the world! Thanks for sharing!
My family went there (Wolf Mountain Sanctuary in Lucerne Valley, California) on 12/31/21 and had a great time! Wacipi is such a BIG beautiful Canadian Wolf (18 years old now) and Dancing Cloud (the sweet boy in the video with wonderful Tonya!) was so much fun but Holan aka The Healing Wolf was by far my favorite! It was so cool to hug and kiss these beautiful creatures! XOXOXO
Patty did everything right. He stayed calm, professional, and to the point. Obviously he was terrified when told “we’re gonna be in the Hudson” because until then, water landings were crashes with multiple fatalities, if 100% fatality rate.
